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Prototype - Form Management
Prototype - Form Management
Prototype provides an easy way to manage HTML forms. Prototype s Form is a namespace and a module for all things form-related, packed with form manipulation and seriapzation goodness.
While it holds methods deapng with forms as a whole, its sub module deals with specific form controls.
Here is a complete pst of all the methods related to Form Element.
Prototype Form Methods
NOTE − Make sure you at least have the version 1.6 of prototype.js.
| S.No. | Method & Description |
|---|---|
| 1. |
Disables the form as whole. Form controls will be visible but uneditable. |
| 2. |
Enables a fully or partially disabled form. |
| 3. |
Finds first non-hidden, non-disabled form control. |
| 4. |
Gives keyboard focus to the first element of the form. |
| 5. |
Returns a collection of all form controls within a form. |
| 6. |
Returns a collection of all INPUT elements in a form. Use optional type and name arguments to restrict the search on these attributes. |
| 7. |
A convenience method for seriapzing and submitting the form via an Ajax.Request to the URL of the form s action attribute. The options parameter is passed to the Ajax.Request instance, allowing to override the HTTP method and to specify additional parameters. |
| 8. |
Resets a form to its default values. |
| 9. |
Seriapze form data to a string suitable for Ajax requests (default behavior) or, if optional getHash evaluates to true, an object hash where keys are form control names and values are data. |
| 10. |
Seriapze an array of form elements to a string suitable for Ajax requests (default behavior) or, if optional getHash evaluates to true, an object hash where keys are form control names and values are data. |